Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 6, 2005

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory May 6, 2005

East Pond and MLK Vents to Kamoamoa

Media
This is a photo of MLK vent snuggled close to southwest base of Pu`u `O`o.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
MLK vent snuggled close to southwest base of Pu`u `O`o. Only a jagged remnant remains of the spatter cone (see image for April 8, 2005).
Media
This is a photo of a seething pond of lava within MLK vent.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
Seething pond of lava within MLK vent. Spatter cone collapsed into this pond. Note spatter on surface in foreground.

 

Media
This is a photo of a bubbling lava pond in MLK vent.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
Looking down at bubbling lava pond in MLK vent.
Media
This is a photo of a bubbling lava pond in MLK vent.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
Closer view of the lava pond. The floating crust on the pond is almost constantly being broken up and reformed by the motion of the lava.

 

Media
This is a photo of a lava pond in East Pond Vent in Pu`u `O`o's crater.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
Lava pond in East Pond Vent in Pu`u `O`o's crater.
Media
This is a photo of Kiln hornito on upper PKK tube system.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
Aerial view into Kiln hornito on upper PKK tube system, showing stream of lava flowing through the tube. Yellow-orange ring is spatter altered by escaping gas.

 

Media
This is a photo of the start of a breakout in east branch of PKK flow near top of Pulama pali.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
Start of breakout in east branch of PKK flow near top of Pulama pali. Breakout began only shortly before this image was taken.
Media
This is a photo of lava solidified to `a`a (dark) along margins of channels, below steepest pitch of Pulama pali.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
Near downstream end of breakout in left image, below steepest pitch of Pulama pali. Note that the lava has solidified to `a`a (dark) along margins of channels.

 

Media
This is a photo of Kamoamoa lava delta.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
Kamoamoa lava delta, largest of the three currently active. Most of surface of delta is coated with moving or only recently stagnated lava.
Media
This is a photo of front of Kamoamoa delta.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
Front of Kamoamoa delta, with lava streams pouring off it into the water and onto a new black sand beach.

 

 

Was this page helpful?